FR Doc 05-10813
[Federal Register: June 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 104)]
[Notices]
[Page 31529-31530]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from Pecos Pueblo, San
Miguel County, NM.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache
Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Between 1914 and 1916, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Pecos Pueblo in San Miguel County, NM, by
A.V. Kidder during the Andover Pecos Expedition. The human remains were
donated to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by the
Andover Archaeological Department in 1919. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of eight
individuals were removed from Pecos Pueblo in San Miguel County, NM, by
an unknown person. The human remains were received by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at an unknown date and were
accessioned into the museum collections in 2000. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The ceramic types recovered from Pecos Pueblo indicate that the
site was occupied into the Historic period (circa A.D. 1300-1700).
Historic records document occupation at the site until 1838 when the
last inhabitants left the Pueblo and went to the Pueblo of Jemez. In
1936, an Act of Congress recognized the Pueblo of Jemez as a
"consolidation" and "merger" of the Pueblo of Pecos and the Pueblo
of Jemez; this Act further recognizes that all property, rights,
titles, interests, and claims of both Pueblos were consolidated under
the Pueblo of Jemez. Further evidence supporting a shared group
identity between the Pecos and Jemez pueblos emerges in numerous
aspects of present-day Jemez life. The 1992-1993 Pecos Ethnographic
Project (unrelated to NAGPRA) states, "[T]he cultural evidence of
Pecos living traditions are 1) the official tribal government position
of a Second Lieutenant/ Pecos Governor; 2) the possession of the Pecos
Pueblo cane of office; 3) the statue and annual feast day of Porcingula
(Nuestra Senora de los Angeles) on August 2; 4) the Eagle Watchers'
Society; 5) the migration of Pecos people in the early nineteenth
century; and 6) the knowledge of the Pecos language by a few select
elders." (Levine 1994:2-3)
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology also have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that
can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and
the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Patricia
Capone, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, before July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the
human remains to the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New
Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos
Reservation, Arizona; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Mountain
Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur
Pueblo of Texas; and Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
that this notice has been published.
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Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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